BEIJING – China on Friday urged the international community to give fullrecognition and trust to the great efforts and sacrifices made by thePakistani government and people for the fight against terrorism.
“Pakistan’s efforts in combating terrorism have won not only China but alsomany countries in the international community,” Chinese foreign ministry’sspokesperson Lu Kang said in his regular briefing while responding to aquestion regarding the listing of Pakistan on the Global Funding TerrorismWatch List by the FATF meeting.
“We have always believed that the great efforts and sacrifices made by thePakistani government and people for the fight against terrorism are obviousto all. The international community must give full recognition and trust,”he added.
The spokesperson said in recent years, Pakistan has actively taken measuresto strengthen financial supervision and crack down on terrorist financingand made important progress.“China hopes that all parties will treat Pakistan’s counter-terrorismefforts objectively and impartially, instead of relying on criticism andpressure,” he added.
China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic partners, he said and added,China is willing to continue to strengthen cooperation with Pakistan in theanti-terrorism field.
Responding to yet another question in this regard, he declined to makespecific comments on the discussion of the Anti-Money Laundering FinancialAction Task Force.He reiterated that Pakistan has made tremendous efforts and sacrifices forinternational anti-terrorism cooperation under its very difficultconditions.
“The international community should treat Pakistan’s efforts objectivelyand impartially and give more recognition and support to Pakistan from theperspective of more effective counter-terrorism cooperation,” he added.